duranurse

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1. who's getting ready to graduate????

   duranurse replied to picurn10's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I graduate on July 30th. I am so excited. I am not going to work immediately as I am 5 months pregnant, and my baby is due first of Sept. I am going to take my boards, and hopefully start work in Jan of 2010.

2. Know of a good Nursing Care Plan book and stethoscope?

   duranurse replied to Jessshue's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   i use the nursing diagnosis handbook by mosby. it's the eigth edition. i have used it for all my careplans so far and i really like it. for the stethoscope i purchased a littman, and have also been pleased with it. hope this helps.

3. How do you handle all 'other' responsibilites while in nursing school??

   duranurse replied to midnight*sky's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   yes, i feel the same way. i have 2 children, ages 6 and 8 and i feel like i am constantly putting them on the backburner. school has really taken over my life. i just recently found out that i am expecting my third child, and i have been so exhaus...

4. How have your skill checkoffs been??

   duranurse replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

   had my first skills check-off this week. we were checked off on vitals signs, pre and postoperative care, hemovac drains and jackson-pratt drains, sterile dressing change... it was nerve racking for me too, i passed everything!!! the next skills ...

5. I just HAVE to tell everybody!

   duranurse replied to mrsraisinkain's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I wish I could do IV's. My school dosent allow us to do that. Congratulations!!!!

6. What do you have to wear to school?

   duranurse replied to KIMYNURSE2B's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   on class and lab days we wear regular clothes. when we start our clinicals we wear uniforms. our tops are white with college logo on them, and our pants are royal blue.

7. For those of you who started Aug. 25

   duranurse replied to LPN_thts_M3's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   i also started on aug 25th, and my first couple of weeks have definately been hectic. we have 2 quiz's a week. i scored 100 on first quiz, and on my med term quiz i scored 96. this week, i have 3 tests. i have a test in a&p, nursing, med term. al...

8. ATI testing

   duranurse replied to troubled's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   we are also required to do ati testing. if we dont pass, we get another chance, if we dont pass that time, we do remediation, and if we dont pass a third time, we're out!!! havnet gotten my books yet, so i cant tell you what i think of them!

9. LPN Training Under 11 months

   duranurse replied to Fallon's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   my program is from aug 25th-july 30th. we have pre-req's to take.

10. Harder Than I Thought

    duranurse replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    i feel your pain!! i have been studying for a quiz all weekend that i have tommorrow. i am so nervous. also have a med term vocab quiz. pn school is much harder than i thought!

11. two exams down, only a million more to go!!!!

    duranurse replied to picurn10's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    lpn school for me has been crazy. i'm at the end of my first week, and it's 11:00 p.m. and i'm still up doing homework. i feel completely overwhelmed. i'm taking 18 credits which equals to 3 classes. i have between 5-10 chapters to read just for nurs...

12. Nervous about work + school + family!

    duranurse replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    i know how you feel...i also start lpn school on monday, and so do my kids. my daughter will be starting 1st grade, and my son will be in 2nd. i am so nervous that i have been breaking out into hives for the last 2 weeks. not to mention i have a h...

13. It's almost here!!! Anyone else start on Monday?

    duranurse replied to picurn10's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    i start on the 25th as well, although i have already been given homework. my professor sent a letter stating what we should expect on the first day and assigned 5 chapters to read in one book, with corresponding workbook pages to complete and 2 cha...

14. Counting Down The Days.........

    duranurse replied to Sincere24's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    19 days for me!!! i cant wait!

15. Counting Down The Days.........

    duranurse replied to Sincere24's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    i start on august 25th. i'm so excited but also sad because my kids start back to school on the same day. i know that all of the fun we had over the summer will be over, and all the work begins.